Airtel Uganda in partnership with the Buganda Kingdom unveiled the 2021 virtual Kabaka Birthday Run kit at a press conference that was held Bulange-Mengo, Buganda Kingdom Headquarters. For the past 7 years, Airtel Uganda has sponsored the Kabaka Birthday run, an annual event to mark Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II birthday celebrations. Having created awareness towards Fistula and Sickle Cells over the past years, this year’s run just like last year will be held under the theme “Men for Good Health and Ending AIDS by 2030”. Speaking during the press briefing, Airtel Uganda Managing Director Manoj Murali said, “Airtel is…
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Movit Products (Since 1997), the leading personal care company in Uganda announced its partnership for the Kabaka Birthday Run through a contribution of Ushs. 20 million towards the 2021 Annual Kabaka Birthday Run. Organized by the Buganda Kingdom, the Kabaka Birthday Run is an annual event held to celebrate the birthday which happens every 13th April- of His Majesty Ronald Mwenda Mutebi II the Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom. This year the event will be held under the theme, “Men Against AIDS to save the girl child” and was officially launched at the Bulange Mengo gardens. The Katikkiro of Buganda, Owek.…
Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Uganda has announced its shopping extravaganza, Carrefour Friday. Following its yearly success, Carrefour has extended the duration of this years’ campaign from one month to five weeks to cater to everyone, from 1 November to 5 December. Running until 5 December, Carrefour Friday customers will have the opportunity to purchase a range of quality items at discounted prices through exceptional promotions. These promotions will include daily 50% discounts running for five weeks, daily super sales across different brands as well as across numerous categories including groceries, electronics, home appliances, and health…
Uganda Cranes captain Emmanuel Arnold Okwi joined Kiyovu Sports Club in the Rwanda Premier League. The forward joined as a free agent after his two year’s tenure at Al Alttihad Alexanderia Sports Club ended. He has also played at Uganda’s record champions Sports Club Villa (three stints), Tanzanian giants Simba (three stints) and Young Africans, Etoile Du Sahel (Tunisia), SonderjyskE (Denmark) and lately Egyptian side Al Ittihad Alexanderia. At Kiyovu Sports Club, he is joined by another Ugandan Muzamiru Mutyaba who left the reigning Uganda Premier League champions Express after a season. Mutyaba won the league and CECAFA Kagame Cup…
The Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) is seeking entries to the Media Excellence Awards, which recognise outstanding sports reporting in Uganda. Eight categories have been listed for this year. However, only seven categories shall require submission of work addresing to the head of project Leone Ssenyange, the USPA vice president. The categories have been named after our departed colleagues as a mark of respect for their contribution towards sports journalism. “Submissions started on Monday 1, November 2021 and will end on Wednesday 10 November, 2021 at 23:00hrs. We want to reward the sports journalists for the work well don as…
Airtel Africa and UNICEF a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning platforms across 13 countries on Monday, 1st November 2021. By providing equal access to quality digital learning, particularly for the most vulnerable children, the partnership will help to ensure that every child reaches their full potential. Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in Africa, is the first African private sector partner to make a multimillion-dollar commitment to ‘Reimagine Education’, a global initiative launched by UNICEF in 2020…
Entebbe is famous for two distinct features – the only international Airport in Uganda and the State House for the president. A sub district within Wakiso, Entebbe also seats on the beautiful peninsular of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest fresh water body. Sportingly, Entebbe is well known from producing some of the finest sportsmen and women that Uganda has graced as Uganda Cranes’ duo of Murushid Juuko and Denis Iguma, Rugby players Ronald Adigas, Simon Wakabi, Christine Kizito, golfers Deo Akope, Amos Kamya, Vincent Byamukama, Ssendawula, Herman Mutebi and the like. The sports hungry residents of Entebbe and the surrounding areas…
Airtel Uganda, Uganda’s largest 4G network partnerned with Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union(ACPCU) to provide the convenient Airtel Money payments platform services to ACPCU enhance payments of member farmer’s in a simple and secure way across the Ankole region. The launch was held on Monday, 25th October 2021 in Kabwohe sheema District, at the Headquarters Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union. This partnership will simplify and improve farmer’s payments for all participating cooperatives, and all members of the Coffee value chain like input providers and traders in the Ankole region. This will greater enhance financial inclusion in the region and economic…
Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya has showed court his rotting feet as he appeared before Buganda Road court today morning. Ssegirinya says the injuries are a result of continued torture while in prison. “Our comrade Hon. Ssegirinya Muhammad appearing before the Buganda Rd Court where he is being charged with fresh offences of inciting violence. He has shown to court how his feet are damaged following the torture he received while in custody,” reads the tweet from National Unity Platform. Mr Ssegirinya had appeared before Buganda Road Court Grade one magistrate, Ms Doreen Karungi via Zoom and denied the offence…
Former FDC Presidential Candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has revealed that they invited National Unity Platform (NUP) to join the newly launched pressure group, People’s Front for Transition (PFT) intended to kick the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party from power. PFT was launched on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at the JEEMA offices in Kampala, and attracted members of the opposition from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Democratic Party (DP), Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) Justice Forum (JEEMA), and Conservative Party (CP) among others. However, NUP, the biggest opposition political party was, and is not part of the pressure group. While…